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kevo · 26-10-2006, 04:57 PM

I just do DB curls (3x8)
and hammer curls (also 3x8)

should I be doing any more??

Ralphy · 26-10-2006, 05:32 PM

I'd throw in some Barbell curls.

Perhaps 3 sets BB curls and drop the DB and hammer curls to 2 sets each.

**hackskii** · 26-10-2006, 05:41 PM

Depends on the intensity, that looks fine to me.

trickymicky69 · 26-10-2006, 08:01 PM

just change it every time you train. i swap between dumbell curls, seated dumbell curls, barbell curls, easy bar preachers, hammers and incline dumbell curls. variety is the key with biceps

LEWIS · 27-10-2006, 10:26 AM

i like standing single arm cable curls (like you would do a bicep double arm pose) try the pose with cables to finish 2 sets @8/10 , helps shape i find

**big** · 27-10-2006, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevo

I just do DB curls (3x8)
and hammer curls (also 3x8)

should I be doing any more??

Are your biceps growing from doing that?

LEWIS · 27-10-2006, 10:47 AM

he's just started cycle so i supose they would, but kevo you could do another exersize in with them as your muscle fibres will repair quicker now

**Robsta** · 27-10-2006, 01:45 PM

I don't think it's enough imo......remember mate, you get out what you put in.....
I like to do a minimum of 20 sets....some reckon it's over training but it works for me.....19 inches and growing

kevo · 27-10-2006, 04:30 PM

Hi all, many thanks for all the replies. My gym doesnt have a barbell, I know, shocking, so I just use two cables with a long bar between them.

biceps are growing but very slowly in comparison to the likes of my shoulders and my triceps :(

Robsta, thats some volume there mate, I would probably be on my ar5e after doing that many, but 19inches certainly aint to be sniffed at, fair dos mate!

Littleluke · 27-10-2006, 04:30 PM

I like to do db curls, hammers and preacher curls, 3 sets 10 reps. Works for me.. lol about the "he's just started cycle so i supose they would" comment! Just coz he's on steroids doens't mean his biceps will grow !!

kevo · 27-10-2006, 04:36 PM

lol, suppose not mate but I bloody hope so cos the rest of me is

I suppose I could try adding in another movement, I have always gone with 8 reps though, should I be upping this to 10?

**hackskii** · 27-10-2006, 05:29 PM

I just cut my volume way down.

kevo · 28-10-2006, 07:34 PM

from what and to what hacks? Is it working for you mate?

**hackskii** · 28-10-2006, 07:45 PM

I wasnt getting stronger and my joints started to ache, so I am dropping the intensity and upping the volume.
I am also going to up the protein.

**Robsta** · 28-10-2006, 11:52 PM

I dropped the weight the last 2 weeks for more reps, and guess what....pulled my friggin' shoulder today......gutted

26-10-2006, 04:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
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hackskii UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 23,185	Depends on the intensity, that looks fine to me. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

26-10-2006, 08:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
trickymicky69 Wondering how people have the time to do all this over-complicating Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sunnyside up Posts: 1,296	just change it every time you train. i swap between dumbell curls, seated dumbell curls, barbell curls, easy bar preachers, hammers and incline dumbell curls. variety is the key with biceps __________________ 'those who look but do not see, go away no wiser than whence they came"

27-10-2006, 01:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
Robsta UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In The Shire Posts: 5,326	I don't think it's enough imo......remember mate, you get out what you put in..... I like to do a minimum of 20 sets....some reckon it's over training but it works for me.....19 inches and growing __________________ Robsta

27-10-2006, 10:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
LEWIS Getting HUGE! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: south wales Posts: 1,129	i like standing single arm cable curls (like you would do a bicep double arm pose) try the pose with cables to finish 2 sets @8/10 , helps shape i find

27-10-2006, 10:47 AM	#7 (permalink)
LEWIS Getting HUGE! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: south wales Posts: 1,129	he's just started cycle so i supose they would, but kevo you could do another exersize in with them as your muscle fibres will repair quicker now

27-10-2006, 04:30 PM	#9 (permalink)
kevo Getting HUGE! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: North Wales Posts: 1,272	Hi all, many thanks for all the replies. My gym doesnt have a barbell, I know, shocking, so I just use two cables with a long bar between them. biceps are growing but very slowly in comparison to the likes of my shoulders and my triceps :( Robsta, thats some volume there mate, I would probably be on my ar5e after doing that many, but 19inches certainly aint to be sniffed at, fair dos mate!

27-10-2006, 04:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
Littleluke Junior Bodybuilder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK. Posts: 3,020	I like to do db curls, hammers and preacher curls, 3 sets 10 reps. Works for me.. lol about the "he's just started cycle so i supose they would" comment! Just coz he's on steroids doens't mean his biceps will grow !! __________________ Luke Bartram - Sponsored by BODITRONICS Enter uk-muscle1 as your coupon code when shopping at boditronics to recieve 30% off RRP. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. "I do it because I can, I can because I want to, I want to because you said I couldn't" To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 2008 UKBFF South Coast - Runner Up 2008 Muscle Mayhem - 2nd place (qualified for NABBA Novice Britain)

27-10-2006, 04:36 PM	#11 (permalink)
kevo Getting HUGE! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: North Wales Posts: 1,272	lol, suppose not mate but I bloody hope so cos the rest of me is I suppose I could try adding in another movement, I have always gone with 8 reps though, should I be upping this to 10?

27-10-2006, 05:29 PM	#12 (permalink)
hackskii UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 23,185	I just cut my volume way down. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

28-10-2006, 07:34 PM	#13 (permalink)
kevo Getting HUGE! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: North Wales Posts: 1,272	from what and to what hacks? Is it working for you mate?

28-10-2006, 07:45 PM	#14 (permalink)
hackskii UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 23,185	I wasnt getting stronger and my joints started to ache, so I am dropping the intensity and upping the volume. I am also going to up the protein. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

28-10-2006, 11:52 PM	#15 (permalink)
Robsta UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In The Shire Posts: 5,326	I dropped the weight the last 2 weeks for more reps, and guess what....pulled my friggin' shoulder today......gutted __________________ Robsta